Apparatus for straightening out deformities in mudguards



Dec. 12, 1939. H, Hou 2,183,427

APPARATUS FOR STRAIGHTENING OUT DEFORMITIES IN MUDGUARDS Filed NOV. 27, 1937 INVENTOR ATTO Patented ea. 12, was

UNITED STATES APPARATUS FOR STRAIGHTENING OUT DE- FOBMITIES IN MUDGUARDS Hans Hou, Elmhurst, N. Y.

Application November 27, 1937, Serial No. 176,831

1 Claim.

This invention is-for an apparatus, which has for its purpose to reshapen deformed mudguards,

and the like, with respect to which it embodiesnew and useful improvements.

tively simple, the cost of manufacturing the same should be proportionately low.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists of the novel features of con 19 struction, combination and arrangement of parts,

hereinafter fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, and in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in 25 of parts, cooperating with my said invention proper.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, H3, H1 indicates the lower legs of my device; said legs are formed with hollow rectangular open- 30 ings therein, as indicated at It in dotted lines, adapted to adjustably receive in a telescoping 'manner rectangularly shaped upper legs l2 therein; said legs I and I2, when adjusted, are relatively held together by means of bolts I3 in- 35 serted in openings l4 and 15 of said legs, respectively.

The lower legs terminate in enlarged feet l6. One of the upper legs I 2 is at its top formed with an enlarged portion I1; said portion I1 is 40 at its upper end made with a square opening 18 adapted to receive therein the square depending support IQ of a suitable member, or die 20; said latter member serving the purpose of an anvil as said member is placed below the deformed portion of the mudguard in the operation of smoothing or straightening out the deformity of the latter.

Said anvils, or dies may be of different shapes, such as shown in the Figure 5, 6 or 7, or of any 50 shapesuitable to thespecial kind of automobile,

which mudguards are to be straightened.

To the top part I! is pivotally attached the other upper leg l2, as shown at 2|.

Lugs 22 formed with openings 23 therein, as as shown in Figure 2, are by means of a bolt 30 se- As the construction of my device is comparacurely but turnably arranged upon each one of the upper legs, as shown in Figure l.

A bar 24 is mounted in the openings 23 of the tw0.1ugs 22; said lugs and her being relatively threaded in such a manner that when said bar 5 is operated by means of the handle 25 thereon, this bar may cause the legs I2, l2 to move towards or away from each other, and thereby raise or lower the apparatus accordingly.

An important object attained by the handle 25 is to the effect that the said handle may serve to manipulate, adjust and bring the apparatus in close contact with the deformity in the mudguard to be straightened out.

In Figure 4 the construction is somewhat like that in Figure 1 with the exception that no bar is employed in connection with lugs; but the lower legs l0, III are hinged to a supports 26, 26, as shown. at 21, while a bar 28 through said supports is adapted to raise or lower the structure, suitable threading of the supports and the bar being naturally provided for. The bar 28 may be opererated by hand, or mechanically by means of an enlargement 29 upon said bar.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from' the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore, Wish to limit myself to the exact construction and arrangement shown and described therein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

A device of the class described, useful in the process of straightening out deformities in automobile mudguards and comprising, a pair of lower legs formed with hollow rectangular openings therein, a pair of upper legs of a rectangular shape adapted to telescope within said lower legs, one 40 of said upper legs being formed with an enlargement adapted to hingedly receive the other one of said upper legs therein, said enlargement being made with a square opening in its top surface,

whereby to receive a mudguard-shaping memher, annularly-shaped members formed with threaded openings therein, and being pivotally secured to the upper legs, a bar threadedly mounted in said annularly-shaped members, whereby to move the legs towards or away from each other, and a handle arranged upon said bar, whereby to operate the latter and manipulate the apparatus into close contact with the portion of the mudguards to be straightened.

HANS HOU. 

